There is no gloom that can't be washed away by a fierce drinking bout; if one bout won't do it, then drink two, three, until you finally pass out drunk.
After Jiang Dali and Xiao Sanxiao left the devastated battlefield, they started competing in speed on foot.
They dashed like lightning to a small town a hundred li away to drink, and after draining all the liquor in one tavern there, the two of them headed together to another small city a hundred li away and emptied the three taverns in that city as well.
Right after, they rushed to the largest tavern in a big city three hundred li away, near the Dragon Tiger Gang, and continued knocking back over a hundred jars of liquor; only then did they feel truly exhilarated and pleasantly drunk, laughing heartily.
